'Abdu'l-Baha in Chicago, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago

Viewing the animals at Lincoln Park Zoo

Descending stairway to a wooded dell, Lincoln Park

At Lincoln Park

With some Baha'i friends at Lincoln Park

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre August 16-23, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre

'Abdu'l-Baha speaking to Sarah Farmer's secretary? through His interpreter

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre

At Parson's Home; In Cleveland, Ohio; and at a Youth Camp

'Abdu'l-Baha at the Parson's home, August 15, 1912

Left to right: Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani, Edward Getsinger, Mirza Ali-Akbar Nakhjavani (?),

Dr Amin Farid, Ahmad Sohrab, Ali Kuli Khan, 'Abdu'l-Baha, Mirza Valiyu'llah-i-Varqa,

and Siyyid Asadu'llah

'Abdu'l-Baha in Cleveland, Ohio May 5, 1912

Edward and Lua Getsinger are at the center rear

'Abdu'l-Baha at a youth camp, August 1, 1912

Ahmad Sohrab, standing left, and Valiyu'llah-i-Varqa, right are in fezes

May 1912: In Chicago and at Temple Site

'Abdu'l-Baha speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church, Chicago, May 5, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha addresses the Baha'is gathered at the Temple site, Wilmette, May 1, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha at dedication of Temple site in Wilmette, Illinois, 1912

Addressing friends at ceremonies on occasion of laying the foundation stone of

the Mother Temple of the West, May 1, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha addressing the friends

Breaking the ground at the Temple site, each race and nation taking a turn

A souvenir of some soil from the excavation at the Temple site

A souvenir of some soil from the excavation at the Temple site

'Abdu'l-Baha with Children

'Abdu'l-Baha with children in Chicago, May 1912

Abdu'l-Baha with Musette 'Ruhiyyih' Jones and Joseph Ioas in Chicago 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha with children in Chicago

'Abdu'l-Baha holds Gertrude Hammond at Green Acre

'Abdu'l-Baha with a few children in Washington DC

Left to right: Lorraine Hopper, Laila Bowman, Mary Aldrich and Katherine Doyle

'Abdu'l-Baha walking with Ruhiyyih Jones

Visits to Turkish and Persian Ambassadors in USA

1912--'Abdu'l-Baha with Ambassador Yusuf Diya Pasha of Turkey in USA (third from the left). Other believers present are, left to right: Zia Baghdadi, Mirza Valiyu'llah Khan, Siyyid Asadu'llah and Ali Kuli Khan

 

Visit to Mr Topakyan, Persian Consul General in USA

Hospitality provided by Persian Consul General Topakyan in honor of 'Abdu'l-Baha

At the Home of Howard MacNutt, June 1912

At the home of Howard MacNutt, June 17, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha with His Persian entourage at the home of Howard MacNutt

At the home of Howard MacNutt with some children. Lua Getsinger, front row, right

Unity Feast in New Jersey June 1912 -- Hosted by 'Abdu'l-Baha

For a transcript of the talk that the Master gave please visit Talks of 'Abdu'l-Baha

'Abdu'l-Baha greeting the friends attending the Unity Feast

Unity Feast at West Englewood, New Jersey

Abdu'l-Baha gave a Unity Feast in West Englewood, New Jersey on Saturday June 29

Unity Feast

'Abdu'l-Baha with a few of the friends attending the Unity Feast at Roy Wilhelm's home

in West Englewood, New Jersey, USA. Lua Getsinger is standing in the center,

Roy Wilhelm is sitting on the far right and Edward Kinney at the rear left.

Abdu'l-Baha walking near His residence in New York

Abdu'l-Baha walking near His residence in New York

'Abdu'l-Bha in Kenosha, New Hampshire, Green Acre, and Minneapolis

'Abdu'l-Baha in Kenosha, Wisconsin 1912

Portrait of the Master taken at Dublin, New Hampshire, in the summer of 1912

Abdu'l-Baha with His translators in Green Acre

'Abdu'l-Baha in St Paul, Minneapolis

Washington and New York: with Mrs. Parsons, Ali Kuli Khan and Florence, and Turkish Ambassador

Mrs. Agnes Parsons with 'Abdu'l-Baha

Mrs. Parsons was the Master's hostess during His stay in Washington DC

'Abdu'l-Baha with Ali Kuli Khan and Madam Florence Khan in

New York. Ali Kuli Khan was the Persian Charge d' Affairs

'Abdu'l-Baha with Yusuf Diya Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador left, and Siyyid Asadu'llah-i-Qumi, center

1912 - New York & Washington DC

At Grand Central Station, New York

Abdu'l-Baha with His entourage and Arthur P. Dodge walking along Riverside Drive, New York

Abdu'l-Baha standing before Agnes Parson's house in Washington DC

'Abdu'l-Baha with Edward and Carrie Kinney and their children in New York.

The Master gave His first talk in America at Kinny's residence, April 11, 1912